The Caribbean Dictionary
Noun
Ziziphus Mauritania; A small round berry about 3/4 inches in diameter. The fruit is green and turns yellow as it ripens. Ripe fruit may occasionally develop a rust brown colour and a cracked texture. The unripe fruit is firm and slightly acidic, and grows softer and mushier when it ripens. The berries have a single hard seed.
byrie, coolie plum, crabapple, dumms, dungs, dunk, juju, koko coolie, mangustine, perita haitiana, pomserette, ponsigne, widara, yoyo, yuyubo
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KJJ
Aug 27, 2008
In the Bahamas they are called Ju-ju
Deborah
Jun 17, 2013
TY KJJ..thats awesome!!
Dj
Feb 01, 2016
Aka dumms
David
Dec 30, 2018
Dumms. I raided my God Mothers tree at least once a weak when in season
Irma
Sep 28, 2019
We call this pomserette in St. Maarten
Belinda
Dec 30, 2019
In the VI we call them jo jo ❤
David N Christian
May 19, 2020
Dumms
Makeda
Oct 10, 2020
We know it as downs
Eve
Jan 16, 2021
Love them. Now am older I wonder what was it I found to love in snatty (the overripe brown ones). They taste more gross with the passage of time
Betty
Apr 04, 2022
We call them Dew Plums
Raúl
Dec 19, 2022
I grew up calling these Aprín